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Our addiction to cheap stuff has become very expensive, new book argues
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18.8.2009 |
From A to Green |
| Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, explains the history, psychology, and dangers of the American romance with bargain hunting.
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Record Month for Renewable Energy in the U.S.
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17.8.2009 |
Green Lifestyle and Sustainable Culture News - ENN |
The latest Electric Power Monthly Report released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows net U.S. electrical generation from renewable sources (biomass, geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind) reached an all-time high in May of 2009, comprising 13% of the total electrical generation for the month. |
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China's Emissions Should Peak by 2030: New Chinese Report
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17.8.2009 |
TreeHugger |
| The report recommends financial mechanisms that favor clean energy and systems to put a price on carbon to enable declining emissions past 2030. Photo: via flickr. A senior Chinese climate change official may have just said that the nation would , but a new study from some of the nation's top climate scientists says that China's emissions can and should peak much earlier, by ... |
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Beijing Adds More Than 1,200 Cars to Its Roads Daily in First Half of 2009
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17.8.2009 |
TreeHugger |
| photo: via flickr Between January and July of 2009, Beijing streets were graced with an 1,231 on average, according to the (via: ). All those new cars add up to an additional 261,000 vehicles -- the vast majority of ... ... |
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Was Shark in JAWS real after all?
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16.8.2009 |
Green Lifestyle and Sustainable Culture News - ENN |
Sandbar, dusky and tiger sharks are among dozens of shark species living in the coastal waters off the U.S. East Coast. Little is known about many of the species, but a survey begun nearly 25 years ago is helping scientists and fishery resource managers to monitor shark populations and their role in marine ecosystems. |
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Surprise, Sea Temperatures in July Hottest on Record!
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15.8.2009 |
Green Lifestyle and Sustainable Culture News - ENN |
The Earth's oceans were the warmest ever this July, according to a study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration yesterday.
The planet's ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for July, breaking the previous high mark established in 1998 according to an analysis by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
The combined average global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2009 ranked fifth-warmest since world-wide records began in 1880. |
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Lauren Yanks: A Triumph in Ecological Design: America's First "Living Building"
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15.8.2009 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Last month I attended a pivotal event: the opening of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, a progressive environmental center slated to be the... |
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Julia Moulden: How Small Farmers Are Saving the World (And How You Can Help)
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15.8.2009 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Driving through farm country this week - lush green fields, huge blue skies, produce stands filled to bursting - I was listening to a piece... |
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Woodstock Memories, Mud And All
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15.8.2009 |
NPR: All Things Considered |
| As everyone else is donning rose-colored glasses for the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Karen Michel offers a little reality check from a few of the organizers, musicians and some of those who were in the audience. |
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Locals try 'Low-Car Diet'
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15.8.2009 |
The Thin Green Line |
| In San Francisco, we have the benefit of two car-sharing services , which allow residents to forgo car ownership without giving up driving altogether. Zipcar , the only nation-wide service, hit some stumbling blocks recently about whether its mission is actually green, or whether it seeks ... |
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Big Oil Plans on Staging 'Energy Citizen' Rallies to Oppose Climate Bill
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15.8.2009 |
TreeHugger |
| photo: via flickr I'm not saying there's a linear connection between the news from two weeks back of lobbyists sending to a Virginia Congressman, but it does show the level of manipulation going on to protect vested interests of polluters -- reports ... |
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So this is what Mars is Really Like!
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14.8.2009 |
Environmental News Network |
NASA has released stunning photographs of the planet Mars. Taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the views are amazing! Some show the Victoria crater which has been explored close up by a rover vehicle for two years. Another shows a dust devil in the Martian atmosphere. |
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Seining Salmon in the Seine?
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14.8.2009 |
Green Lifestyle and Sustainable Culture News - ENN |
Salmon are returning to the Seine after an absence of almost a century as water in the river that runs through Paris has become cleaner in recent years, French scientists said.
Once numerous in the river, Atlantic salmon disappeared from the Seine in the early 20th century, partly due to pollution from Paris sewers.
But scientists celebrated an improvement in water quality in the Seine that has tempted the protected species back to Paris. |
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From Blue Notes To Green Lifestyles
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14.8.2009 |
WireTap Magazine |
| Jazz performances often have intermissions to give the performers a chance to take a break. But the intermissions at this year's It's Commonly Jazz festival in Cincinnati are a little unusual. Steel pan musician and his band take a pause from their soothing set list of Caribbean rhythms. Carolyn Wallace, one of the organizers of the event, stands on stage to help the audience to get "centered on the now." She tells them to take a deep breath. She tells them that she calls this an "Ahh.. moment," which stands for "Abundance, Health and Harmony." "Turn to the person on your right and say 'Be the change you want to see in the world,' " Wallace says.
is an annual jazz music event in its 24th year that brings musicians to town for performances that are ... |
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: At least we gave peace a chance
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14.8.2009 |
Post-Bulletin: Local Opinion |
| On Saturday, it will be 40 years since 400,000 hippies descended on Max Yasgur's dairy farm for a concert. Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, the Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana, and Sly and the Family Stone, among others. |
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Celebrating Woodstock's 40th
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14.8.2009 |
Seattle Times: Local |
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Woodstock at 40: We gave peace a chance
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14.8.2009 |
Chicago Tribune: Opinion |
| On Saturday, it will be 40 years since 400,000 hippies descended on Max Yasgur's New York dairy farm for a ... |
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Race for City Council
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14.8.2009 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| This year’s field of candidates for at-large Boston City Council seats could make a strong case to be the deepest ever. Certainly the most diverse, it is unusually large and experienced. |
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Breakingviews.com: Rock ’n’ Roll, Then and Now
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14.8.2009 |
NY Times: Business |
Rock ’n’ Roll,.
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180 Degree Climate Circuit
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14.8.2009 |
TreeHugger |
| Walking through Luxembourg City last week, some big yellow stickers on the capital’s pedestrian zone’s floors made us curious. The first one we noticed said: “Luxembourg 2009; the richest countries in the world. – Luxembourg 2019; the eco-friendliest country in the world.” Such a statement didn’t leave us cold so we visited the project’s web site at . Project (“Grad” meaning “degrees” in Luxembourgish and German) is about climate change. 20 people, randomly selected but on voluntary basis, represent Luxembourg’s society and lend themselves to a hu... ... |
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